Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in distance learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. MOOC classes are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations are struggling with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can we assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants would like to understand these exciting new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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